徒二十7 七日的第一日，我们聚集擘饼…。

　　诗一一八24 这是耶和华所定的日子；我们在其中要欢腾喜乐。

　　Acts 20:7 And on the first day of the week, when we gathered together to break bread,….

　　Psa. 118:24 This is the day that Jehovah has made; Let us exult and rejoice in it.

　　神的话是说，“不可放弃我们自己的聚集。”〔来十25。〕…因为神要在聚会里给我们恩典。神给人恩典是分作两类：一类是个人的，一类是团体的。神不只给我们个人的恩典，神还给我们团体的恩典。这一个团体的恩典，只有在聚会里才能得着。

　　我们曾提起过祷告的问题。你个人在家里好好的学习祷告，神听你的祷告，这是无可疑惑的。个人的祷告，神能听。但是，还有一种祷告，如果要得着神的答应，就非在聚会里祷告不行…。不在聚会里一同祷告，就得不着答应；要有祷告的聚会在那里求，才能成功。神所给团体的恩典，必须有聚会才赐下来。

　　我们也已经提起过如何读圣经。的确，在你读圣经的时候，神会给你个人的恩典。但是，圣经中有些地方，你个人读不能明白，乃是等你到聚会里，…神在那一个时候〔才〕给你光。…你如果不聚会，你至多只能得着个人的恩典，你却失去了一大堆团体的恩典。神只能在聚会里给你团体的恩典。你不聚会，就不能得着（初信造就上册，二○四至二○六页）。

　　God's Word says, "Not abandoning our own assembling together" (Heb. 10:25).… Because God dispenses His grace to us through the assembling together. God's grace to man can be divided into two categories --personal and corporate. God gives us not only personal grace but also corporate grace. This corporate grace can be found only in the assembling together or the meetings.

　　We have already spoken of the subject of prayer. One can learn to pray by himself at home; there is no doubt that God listens to such prayers. God listens to individual prayers. However, there is another kind of prayer. In order for this other kind of prayer to be answered, it must be prayed in the meetings…. If a person tries to do this alone, he will not get any answer. Many great matters must be prayed over in the meetings before God will answer. They must be brought to the prayer meeting before we see them come to pass. God's corporate grace comes to man only through the meetings.

　　We have also spoken of reading the Bible. Of course, God will give us individual grace when we read the Bible. However, some portions of the Word cannot be opened up by one person alone. God gives light when we meet…. [that] gives God the opportunity to shed His light…. If we do not meet with others, the most we can have is individual grace; we will miss a great part of the corporate grace. God will only give us corporate grace in the meeting. If we do not meet with others, we will not receive this grace. This is why the Bible charges us not to abandon our assembling together. (New Believers Series: Meeting, pp 204-206)

　　行传二章告诉我们，早期信徒的家中，每天都有主的筵席，就是擘饼（42，46）。稍后，在二十章六节下半…说，使徒保罗和他的同工在特罗亚住了七天，下一节接着说在七日的第一日，他们有擘饼。这有力的指明，在那个时候，擘饼主要是在主日，七日的第一日，也就是复活之日举行。

　　Acts 2 tells us that the early believers had the Lord's table, the breaking of bread, every day in their homes (vv. 42, 46). Later in Acts 20:6b ….says that the apostle Paul and his co-workers stayed in Troas for seven days. Then the next verse says that on the first day of the week they had the Lord's table. This strongly indicates that by that time the Lord's table was conducted mainly on the Lord's Day, the first day of the week, the day of resurrection.

　　我们需要说一点关于主日和星期日的区别。“星期日”（Sunday，意太阳日）是一个异教、偶像崇拜的辞；天主教采用了这辞，我们的传统也沿用直到今天。事实上，说某一日是属于太阳的说法是一种偶像崇拜。圣经说这一日是七日的第一日。启示录一章十节称这日为“主日”。我们必须尊七日的第一日为对主复活的记念。我们应该把这日看作是属于主，并为着主的日子。…早期的圣徒在七日的第一日聚在一起。今天基督徒聚在一起最好的日子，就是七日的第一日，也就是主日（事奉的基本功课，一六至一七页）。

　　We need to say a little word here about the difference between the Lord's Day and Sunday. Sunday is a heathen, idolatrous term adopted by Catholicism and maintained by our tradition. Actually, it is idolatrous to say a day belongs to the sun. The Bible refers to this day as the first day of the week. Revelation 1:10 calls this day "the Lord's Day." We must respect the first day of the week as a memorial of the Lord's resurrection. We should consider this day as a day of the Lord and for the Lord…. In ancient times, the saints eventually had the Lord's table on the Lord's Day, the first day of every week…. Today the best day for the Christians to meet together is the first day of the week, the Lord's Day. (Basic Lessons on Service, pp 16-17)

　　“这是耶和华所定的日子；我们在其中要欢腾喜乐。”（诗一一八24。）这话的前文二十二节说，“匠人所弃的石头，已成了房角的头块石头。”彼得在行传四章十至十一节说，这是指着基督复活说的。所以这里所说“耶和华所定的日子”，乃是主复活的日子。主复活这个日子，不是碰巧的，乃是神所定的。在旧约的预表和预言里，神老早都说定了（利二三10～11，何六2）。主在未死之前，也先说明了（约二19，太十六21）。所以这是神特别定规，特别有用意的一个日子。这里说，在这个日子，我们要欢腾喜乐。因为在这个日子，主复活了，主开始新造了，主也使我们成为新造了。所以在这个日子，我们该欢腾喜乐，见证主的复活，不该颓丧忧愁，不像一个复活新造的人（圣经要道卷五，一三四一至一三四二页）。

　　“This is the day that Jehovah has made; / Let us exult and rejoice in it.” (Psalms 118:24) Before this verse, it says in verse 22, “The stone which the builders rejected / Has become the head of the corner.” Peter pointed it out in Acts 4:10-11 that this verse is concerning Christ's resurrection. Therefore, “the day that Jehovah has made” is the day of the resurrection of the Lord. The day of the resurrection of the Lord did not happen accidentally but was ordained by God. God already mentioned in the types and prophesy in the Old Testament (Leviticus 23:10-11, Hosea 6:2). The Lord also mentioned clearly before His death (John 2:19, Matthew 16:21). This is a day which God especially ordained with a special purpose. Here it says, In this day, let us exult and rejoice in it. It is because in this day, the Lord resurrects, the Lord begins His new creation and the Lord makes us new creation. Therefore, we should exult and rejoice in this day, testifying the Lord's resurrection and should not be discouraged, nor sorrow, not like someone in the new creation in resurrection. (The Crucial Points in the Bible, Vol. 5, pp1341-1342)